james brokenshire, thank you for your time this morning.er. the skies opened yesterday. they literally threw everything they could at us here in manchester. how was it elsewhere? even reports of a tornado in the manchester area as well. some gusty winds. it was a very tabular day of weather and there were further heavy showers around the time today. —— there are. some sunshine in between. turning quieter across western parts. there isa quieter across western parts. there is a low pressure. you know there are going to be showers or spells of rain. it is all moving further east today, allowing western parts to see an improvement as the day goes on. rainfall radar picture for the past few hours, parts of the east and south—east of england that overnight saw the heaviest and most thundery rain. that has pushed away. there are plenty of showers out there, particularly across scotland a northern england. these will move east as we go through the day. northern ireland, the last of any showers moving away from eastern parts, western scotland improv

so to, the community secretary james brokenshire.g the government. likewise, education secretary damien hinds has tweeted to say he has left government. here is a surprising one, penny mordaunt, newly in the role as defence secretary. leaving after only two months on the job. she had backed jeremy hunt in the leadership race. she is a brexiteer, but she is gone. another, liam fox, the international trade secretary. he will be heading to the backbenches. jeremy hunt, we do not have any information on him at the moment. we do know about the business secretary greg clark, in opposition to a new deal brexit very publicly. he has been sacked. theresa may's former... he gave his notice after the former prime minister resigned. 0f notice after the former prime minister resigned. of course, the chancellor, philip hammond going earlier in the data forjust hearing, northern ireland secretary karen bradley has resigned. that follows the earlier resignation, as i say, of rory stewart, international development secretary and philip hammond earlie

community secretary james brokenshire, who minster resigned.retaryjames brokenshire, who did back borisjohnson secretaryjames brokenshire, who did back boris johnson in secretaryjames brokenshire, who did back borisjohnson in the race has announced on twitter that he'll be leaving the government. northern ireland secretary karen bradley will be returning to the backbenches, as police culture secretary. education secretary damien hinds has tweeted to say he has left government and caroline noakes to say he has left government and caroline noa kes has to say he has left government and caroline noakes has left her position, too. well, in the last few minutes we have also heard that mel stride has left the government. let us stride has left the government. let us speak to a former cabinet minister, whojoins us now from another part of westminster. this is pretty worth of stuff, isn't it? theresa may sacked quite a few, didn't she? three years ago, this goes way beyond anything else. i guess it is the duty or right of any prime minister to decide wh

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, says separate doors stigmatise social housing tenants —r has set out plans to stop private companies providing council services in england. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says if the party wins the next election, outsourcing of work such as rubbish collections, would end within five years. susanna mendonca reports. who should be responsible for local services like bin collections, your local councils or the private companies they might be paying to do it for them? it is called outsourcing, a practice that was supposed to make it cheaper and more efficient to deliver local services, but labour says it's led to councils often paying a high price for a poorjob and if it were in government, it would bring an end to most outsourcing in english councils within five years. to put it simply, the business model of outsourcing failed and is broken, and that's why it needs replacing. so after year upon year of failures, the public themselves have lost confidence in the privatisation of our public services and the carve up of the public realm for, we

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, says separate doors stigmatise social housing tenants,em from private residents. the chairman of the high speed 2 rail project has reportedly warned that its cost could rise by £30 billion. allan cook has written to the department for transport to say the high—speed line, which connects cities including london, birmingham and manchester, cannot be delivered within its £56 billion budget, according to the financial times. the dft said a review of hs2‘s costs is continuing. our business correspondent katy austin is here. will this add more fuel to the fire for critics of the scheme? indeed. the current government has repeatedly committed to hs2, its first stages due to open in 2026. critics will see this as further evidence that there are questions over its value for money. hs2 itself hasn't commented specifically on this other than to point out its chair is regularly reporting back over his scrutiny of the scheme and the department for transport says allan cook's review is ongoing and he will deliver his final assessment in due course. hs2

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, says separate doors stigmatise social housing tenants,ese extraordinary pictures from the united states. it shows the moment a man took drastic action to escape a fire in a high—rise building in philadelphia. he can be seen scaling down multiple storeys with a helicopter spotlight guiding his way. the unidentifed man, who's been dubbed a real—life spider—man by local media, reached the ground safely. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has launched a stinging attack on his own country's national space institute, saying it's misrepresenting the scale of deforestation in the amazon. according to new data, deforestation has surged to record highs since mr bolsonaro took office. tiffany wer—thurma reports. in the first two weeks ofjuly 68% of ra i nforest in the first two weeks ofjuly 68% of rainforest was destroyed than in the whole ofjuly last year. despite the whole ofjuly last year. despite the science, the president does not accept the findings. translation: i am convinced that the data is lies and we will call the president of the agenc

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said he was "appalled" by some examples of segregationisters have promised to put an end to the practice in england, by introducing new planning measures to create more inclusive housing. this sense of separation, the sense of segregation, that, for me, is completely unacceptable and why i think it is right that we take action to ensure that cannot continue, that cannot happen and therefore everyone has the same form of access regardless of the type of home that they live in. authorities in new york city are urging people to stay cool and safe as record—breaking temperatures grip the area. temperatures are set to hit 100 degrees fahrenheit — that's 38 celsius — over the weekend. the heatwave could affect about 200 million people in major cities like new york and washington. ramzan karmali reports. the race to stay cool in new york city. extreme hot weather is already starting to be felt here and though it may look like fun at the pool, the city's mayor declared a local emergency. the message i want to keep getting across to all new yorker

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said he was "appalled" by some examples of segregationinisters have promised to put an end to the practice in england, by introducing new planning measures to create more inclusive housing. this sense of separation, the sense of segregation, that, for me, is completely unacceptable and why i think it is right that we take action to ensure that cannot continue, that cannot happen and therefore everyone has the same form of access regardless of the type of home that they live in. authorities in new york city are urging people to stay cool and safe as record—breaking temperatures grip the area. temperatures are set to hit 100 degrees fahrenheit, that's 38 celsius, over the wekend. new york mayor bill de blasio declared "a local emergency due to the extreme heat" in the city. local authority services such as bin collections would be brought back under the control of councils, as part of new plans being announced by labour this morning. the party says it wants councils in england to stop the practice of outsourcing services to private firms wi

the communities secretary james brokenshire said the so—called "poor doors" can stigmatise those in socialsing. jenny kumah has the story. social housing tenants in this development can only use this entrance, while those living in the privately owned homes here get to use this one. and for several years, the children of social housing tenants were prevented from mixing in this play space, as it was reserved for the wealthier families who had bought their homes. it did upset me, because i thought, "why are the kids separated?" there's enough hate in the world as it is. why do we want our kids to hate each other for what one's got and what one hasn't? it was really sad for us mums and for the children. the children used to watch through the windows down at us playing. we were like, "come down and play!" they were like, "we don't have permission". we were like, "we'll give you permission, come and play! " until recently, this wall went all the way across here and it meant that the children living in social housing here were segregated to this part of the development. it was only after a long

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said the so—called "poor doors" can stigmatise those in the story. social housing tenants in this development can only use this entrance, while those living in the privately owned homes here get to use this one. and for several years, the children of social housing tenants were prevented from mixing in this play space, as it was reserved for the wealthier families who had bought their homes. it did upset me, because i thought, "why are the kids separated?" there's enough hate in the world as it is. why do we want our kids to hate each other for what one's got and what one hasn't? it was really sad for us mums and for the children. the children used to watch through the windows down at us playing. we were like, "come down and play!" they were like, "we don't have permission". i was like, "we'll give you permission, come and play!" until recently, this wall went all the way across here and it meant that the children living in social housing here were segregated to this part of the development. it was only after a long campaign that this gate

the communities secretary james brokenshire said the so—called "poor doors" can stigmatise those in socialing tenants in this development can only use this entrance. while those in privately owned homes here get is this one. and for several years, the children of social housing tenants were prevented from mixing in this place pays as it was reserved for the wealthierfamilies who pays as it was reserved for the wealthier families who had pays as it was reserved for the wealthierfamilies who had bought their homes. it upset me because i thought, why are the kids all separated? there thought, why are the kids all separated ? there is thought, why are the kids all separated? there is an update in the world as it is. why do we want our kids to hate each other for the one that has got more on the one that hasn't? it was sad for the mums, and sad for the children. the children used to watch from the windows at the kids and they would say come and play, we would have to say we don't have permission. then they would say we will give you permission. segregated to this part of the development, it was

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, says the entrances — so—called "poor doors" — stigmatise — and divides them from private residents. ministers have promised to put an end to the practice in england, by introducing new planning measures to create more inclusive housing. labour wants to end the outsourcing of council contracts like bin collections if it wins the next election. the party says it wants councils in england to stop the practise within five years. here's our political correspondent ross hawkins. who's best to run council services like swimming pools and bin collections? the councils themselves or private firms? labour's long been against companies doing the work privately on their behalf, saying the businesses often do a poorjob for a high price. so today, john mcdonnell explains how he wants to change the law to, in effect, oblige councils to bring some outsourcing to a halt when existing contracts expire. that's the ambition and i think that's what people want. they want their local council to deliver the service, they want to have a say over those services, th

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, says separate doors stigmatise social housing tenants,ed 2 rail project has reportedly warned that its cost could rise by £30—billion. the financial times says, allan cook has written to the department for transport, saying the project cannot be completed for the official budget of £56 billion. here‘s our transport correspondent, tom burridge. hs2 — a new high—speed line linking london, birmingham, manchester and leeds — was already set to cost a hefty sum — £56 billion. and in recent months, there has been a growing acceptance at the company building hs2 that the project is likely to cost more. now, with work on the line between birmingham and london already under way, and £5 billion spent so far, a report saying hs2 could cost an extra £30 billion. according to the financial times, the chairman of hs2, who is carrying out a review of cost and schedule, has written to the government, warning the new rail line cannot be built within budget and could cost between £70—85 billion. the government says the new high—speed line is needed because

increased that group created a lot of hostility a lot of ill will amongst people people like james brokenshire minister who supported him throughout the campaign now on the back benches with one of thought a grudge and bear in mind as you said he's got a majority of 2 possibly going down to one if the tories lose by next next week nor prime minister you can afford to have that kind of opposition about benches it's the sort of person that many of you busy view your readers would go for boris johnson would you not agree with what would that take be on things today would you say paul british bulldog style politics would many of them agree with what's going on here i think sarah look daily mail readers voted for bricks that they want us out of the year and they've seen in the last few years been a lot did the ring we've had delays to correct that happening and they just want to finally get this out and they like through these mayors prime minister they wanted to do well in the day she didn't managed to get this out of the e.u. and now we've got someone taking completely different strategy and they

james brokenshire, thank you very much.ay, for all her talk about wanting to address the uk's social problems when she took the job, trying to navigate our way out of the eu in the end swallowed up everything else. so will borisjohnson manage to be different? in a moment, we'll ask what he might want to achieve beyond brexit and how he might go about it. but first let's take a look at what else is waiting in his in—tray when he moves into number ten. there is one massive sheet of blank paper in borisjohnson's in tray. the success of his whole premiership may well be judged on whether we stay or go by the end of october. but there are other problems in the country that need sorting out. like social care — a green paper on how we pay for nursing in our old age has been repeatedly delayed. there is now talk of a new state—backed insurance scheme to ensure people to save for better care from their 40s. there is education and possible new rules to end the funding gap between schools in different parts of the country. overall spe

and the communities secretary, james brokenshire who did back boris johnson in the leadership race has on twitter that he will be leaving the government. this follows the earlier resignations today of the chancellor philip hammond, thejustice secretary, david gauke and the international development secretary rory stewart. he's wasted no time in selecting his new cabinet with largely pro brexit appointments. sajid javid becomes the first british asian chancellor of the exchequer. the former brexit secretary dominic raab is now the new foreign secretary replacing jeremy hunt. priti patel returns to the government as home secretary. borisjohnson‘s former conservative leadership rival michael gove becomes cabinet office minister. stephen barclay will continue negotiations with the european union ben wallace a close ally of borisjohnson replaces penny mordaunt as defence secretary. and, liz truss who was the first person to back mrjohnson for prime minister has been rewarded with the role of international trade secretary. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in downing street th

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, says separate doors stigmatise social housing tenants andines on bbc news. the threat level to british shipping has been raised by the government after the seizure of a british—flagged tanker in the gulf. the foreign secretary has expressed "extreme disappointment" to his iranian counterpart. police in hong kong say they've seized a large amount of explosives ahead of a weekend of marches by both pro and anti—china demonstrators. the demonstrators. crowd here in the arena knows. 11 the crowd here in the arena knows. 11 months ago they threw everything out of the window. 11 months ago they threw everything out of the window. england's hopes of reaching their first netball world cup final have been dashed after they were beaten by a—time winners new zealand in liverpool. police in hong kong say they've seized a large amount of explosives ahead of a weekend of marches by both pro and anti—china demonstrators. officers found two kilogrammes of a powerful explosive as well as petrol bombs, acidic substances and knives. they've arrested a 27—year—

james brokenshire, who backed boris johnson, he was one of the first to back him, he announced on twitterlip hammond and thejustice secretary, david gauke, and international department secretary, rory stewart, all of them deeply opposed to a no—deal brexit. let's bring injack blanchard from politico, who will be busy at it tonight, pulling all the strands together. you love days like this, don't you? as a political journalist, you take the reality out of it and it is so much fun to watch the drama of it unfolding. how many days have we had like this over the last few years? politics feels like a roller—coaster since 2016 and it is happening again today. politicians ultimate career is being added, then appearing as senior members of the cabinet never would have dreamt coming back. theresa may was a city is trying to balance the cabinet, filling a for about things of the party. —— she was said yes. but he boris johnson of the party. —— she was said yes. but he borisjohnson has brought the old team back together. this was the day that leave took control of the country. boris johnson, day tha

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said he was appalled by some examples of segregation.ng people to stay cool and safe as record—breaking temperatures grip the area. temperatures are set to hit 100 degrees fahrenheit, 38 celsius. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has declared a local emergency due to the extreme heat in the city. take a look at these extraordinary pictures from the united states. it shows the moment a man took drastic action to escape a fire in a high—rise building in philadelphia. you can see him now. he's scaling down multiple storeys with a helicopter spotlight guiding his way. the unidentified man, who's been dubbed a real—life spiderman by local media, reached the ground safely. obviously, very scared. being forced into this action. we don't need to say do not try this at home, do we? do not try that at home. imagine you have worked your entire life and you get to this moment and you are all prepared and you think this is my moment. like now, really? like every morning you come in here, this is my moment. and you mess it up this is my moment. a